CodeIgniter RESTful, async / background process

Question

I\'m using codeIgniter RESTful API (https://github.com/philsturgeon/codeigniter-restserver) that return information (json format) to my android/iphone app.

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Answer 1

Yes this is possible.

You should look at PHP exec() and this link. You should set up a function in your controller to be called from the command line. you will then pass in an array of the GCM/APNS data to be used.

This solution is not ideal because you won't be able to tell the client that all message were sent successfully. You will send back 200 to say the request was received ok and that is all.